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RETIRED FORGE WORKERS BREAKFAST
Date: Sep 14, 2010 Time: 10:00 AM Location: CAW Union Hall, 124 Bunting Rd
PRO COMEDY NIGHT
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| Union Education
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CAW HEALTH & SAFETY TRAINING FUND 40 HOUR PROGRAM - SPRING 2010
PORT ELGIN |
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Scheduled from |
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Module |
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| Toxic Substance in the Workplace |
Feb 21, 2010 |
Feb 26, 2010 |
Deadline - Jan. 29 |
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| Introduction to Ergonomics |
Feb 21, 2010 |
Feb 26, 2010 |
Deadline - Jan. 29 |
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| Stress: The Workplace Hazard |
Mar 14, 2010 |
Mar 19, 2010 |
Deadline - Feb. 19 |
On Site Childcare & Hearing Impaired |
| Stress: The Workplace Hazard |
Apr 11, 2010 |
Apr 16, 2010 |
Deadline - Mar. 19 |
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| Introduction to Ergonomics |
Apr 18, 2010 |
Apr 23, 2010 |
Deadline - Mar. 26 |
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| Stress; The Workplace Hazard |
May 2, 2010 |
May 7, 2010 |
Deadline - Apr. 9 |
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| Toxic Substance in the Workplace |
May 30, 2010 |
Jun 4, 2010 |
Deadline - May 7 |
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| Stress: The Workplace Hazard |
Jun 6, 2010 |
Jun 11, 2010 |
Deadline - May 14 |
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| Stress: The Workplace Hazard |
Jun 20, 2010 |
Jun 25, 2010 |
Deadline - May 28 |
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To download application form click here. Application Form
Introduction to Ergonomics
This course has been designed to demystify the Ergonomic Process, and allow our Leadership/Activists to see beyond the one dimensional aspect of injury reduction (important as this is), but to also recognize a powerful tool that you can use to begin, or continue to improve the ergonomic and psychosocial well being of our members, as they proceed through their working lives.
We know the effects of poorly designed jobs. Workers Compensation
statistics tell the story of workers suffering lost time injuries. In the short term this results in the loss of earning power, pain and suffering, pressure on the health care system, and (hard to define) psychological stress on the entire family.
What activity groups will be focusing on is one major Workplace Case Study, but we will be drawing more general lessons from sessions such as how the Body Worksand potential injuries, identify Ergonomic Hazards that cause these injuries, Anthropometry (Human body dimensions), Ergonomic Tools used to asses, Physical Demands Analysis defining the physical aspect of a job, Ergonomic Legislation or Guidelines and Contract language on what we have negotiated on ergonomics in our collective agreements etc.
Toxic Substances in the Workplace
The intent of this course is to give Leadership/Activists the awareness on the hazards of Toxic Substances. Activity groups will be focusing on is one major Workplace Case Study, but we will be drawing more general lessons from sessions such as Body Systems on how chemicals/toxic substances enter/exist the body through body mapping and the Acute and Chronic health effects, also how we can have a better look at our workplace identifying hazards through Workplace Hazard Mapping and develop a Checklist to expedite the hazard assessment process, to review current Health Safety Legislation and Regulations on the control of Occupational Exposure Limits, our Contract Language on chemicals or toxic substance exposures by controlling the toxicity or the hazard either through the significant Reduction of use, Substitution or Elimination of the hazard etc.
Stress the Workplace Hazard
The intent of this course is to give Leadership/Activists the awareness of the hazards of Workplace Stress. What we are trying to accomplish in a week is to develop actions, solutions and strategies to eliminate or at least significantly reduce workplace stress as a health and safety hazard.
The main focus will be on a Workplace Topics such as Work Time, Workload, Job insecurity and Labour Managements Relations. From there we need to develop a Plans of Action towards developing strategies and solutions. We need to also look at identifying what Workplace Stress is vs. an Individual one; however we will put the focus on the workplace. To establish the paradigm to implement our own Definition of Workplace Stress,a Stress Policy and Workplace Procedures into future collective agreements, to Campaign to have Legislation on Stress to be recognized as workplace hazard and have Workers Compensation begin to accept claims towards workplace stress as compensable and recognized as an injury or disease.
There are many Stressful challenges we face as union members and as human beings. At the same time, there are also different approaches that could change or eliminate some of these stressful situations or events. This course will look at how we can CHANGE rather then just COPE with the issue of stress in the workplace.
Our CAW HSTF educational process is base on that we learn from it and
from each other, on how we can build an investigation and by negotiating
strategies that benefits all workers, whatever the workplace, whatever the industry. The hope is that, when we return to our workplaces, where we can collectively and more pro-actively work with our leadership representatives and our workplace committees to make a difference for the well-being of all our members.
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